Faculty

Programme Director

Prof. Dr. Wim Holterman
 

Teaching Faculty

Prof. Dr. Simon Benninga
Simon Benninga is professor of Finance on the Management faculty at Tel Aviv University and visiting professor of Finance at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania and the University of Groningen. He is the author of several highly regarded and widely used academic texts on valuation and modelling.

Dr. Costas Constantinou
Costas Constantinou is Senior Manager at Ernst & Young’s valuation and business modelling
practice (in the Netherlands), specialising in valuations of companies and intangible assets. He is a part-time lecturer at Nyenrode Business University and TiasNimbas Business School and also a member of Ernst & Young’s trainers team on valuations. Costas holds a PhD in finance from Cambridge.

Prof. Dr. Kees Cools
Kees Cools is partner at Booz & Company and professor of Corporate Finance on the Economics & Business faculty at the University of Groningen and partner at Booz & Company. He is also a member of the Monitoring Committee Corporate Governance.

Prof. Dr. Aswath Damodaran
Aswath Damodaran is professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He is the author of several highly regarded and widely used academic texts on valuation, corporate finance and investment management.

Drs. Hans Haanappel
Hans Haanappel is an independent corporate finance advisor specialised in valuation and associated with the Rotterdam School of Management and Nyenrode Business University where he lectures on valuation and derivatives. He also provides specialised in-house training on valuation and leveraged buyouts for two large Dutch banks.

Drs. Wouter van der Heijden
Wouter van der Heijden is Director at KPMG Corporate Finance and specialises in private equity transactions and valuations. He is also a trainer at the Nederlandse Vereniging van Participatiemaatschappijen in private equity valuations and structuring.

Prof. Dr. Wim Holterman
Wim Holterman is professor Business Valuation on the faculty Economics & Business at the University of Groningen and Managing Partner of the Valuation & Strategy practice of PwC in the Netherlands. He also heads the global competence centre of PwC’s global valuation practice.

Drs. Joost Kromhout
Joost Kromhout is investment banker at Rabobank and specialises in equity capital markets transactions. He is a member of the bank’s valuation committee and is involved in transactions such as initial public offerings and equity offerings. He is responsible for daily execution, which involves structuring, valuation and due diligence.

Drs. Jeroen van der Wal
Jeroen van der Wal is responsible for the valuation practice of Deloitte in the Netherlands. He is the Dutch representative of Deloitte’s global valuation leadership. He has significant experience with valuations involving large Dutch companies, multinationals and governmental bodies.

Dr. Ir. Jeroen Weimer
Jeroen Weimer leads the Valuations practice of KPMG Corporate Finance in the Netherlands and engages in many types of valuations. He chairs the Knowledge Management subcommittee of KPMG’s global Valuations practice and is a member of the firm’s Business Combinations Topic team.

Guest Lecturers include

• Mr. drs. J.L. Burggraaf, M&A partner at Allen & Overy LLP
• Drs. C.H. van Dalen, Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board of Management of VimpelCom Ltd, former Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board of Management of TNT N.V.
• C.W. Dijkstra, Managing Director, Head of M&A, K. Bakkali, Director M&A, NIBC Bank N.V.
• Mr. R. Hooft Graafland, Executive Board and CFO of Heineken N.V.
• R.J. van de Kraats RA, CFO and Vice-Chairman Executive Board of Randstad Holding N.V.
• Drs R. van der Mark RA, CFO of Maxeda B.V.
• J. Nolan MBA, Executive Vice President and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Royal Philips Electronics N.V.
• Drs. W.G. Jiskoot, former Board Member of ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
• Drs J.J. de Rooij, Executive Board of Directors of SHV Holdings N.V.